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Gallium Scan For Discitis

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Dr.  Gopal Goel MD

I have been diagnosed with discitis . I had a Gallium scan and it showed the inflammation coming from the area between T12 and L1. I also had a need biopsy of the disc area and of the bone. I am ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gopal Goel ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Gopal Goel MD

I have been diagnosed with discitis and chronic osteomyelitis . The infection is in the T12, L1 area. I had a needle biopsy on 8/25. The various cultures have shown nothing as of yet. The bone biopsy ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gopal Goel ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

my L4 and L5 showed swelling, discitis , and thickening of the derum (spelling?). They did a bone ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Suresh Heijebu MD

Hi, I was admitted into hospital at the beginning of XXXXXXX this year, suffering from excruciating lower back pain . I was diagnosed with discitis , a biopset was taken from an area of infection, and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Suresh Heijebu ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Sudhir Kumar MD

Sahni- MS (Ortho) found discitis developed in operated area ( Attached MRI Report name as “2007 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sudhir Kumar ( Neurologist)

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Dr. Pallavi.m MD

[Hello. My name is Megan Loy. In a short version...I was diagnosed with Osteomylitis and Diskitis... Ive been in the hospital and the nursing home for about 6 months on antibiotics. The infection is gone...but I was told... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pallavi.m ( Anesthesiologist)
Dr. Yogesh Vishnu Upadhyay MD

can you explain bone marrow adema with increased signal intensity in the intervening disc at L4-5 level needs to be further evaluated with contrast-enhanced MRI as discitis cannot be excluded and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Yogesh Vishnu Upadhyay ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

STEP I NEED TOOK. INFECTIVE SPONDYLO DISCITIS OF L2 AND L3 VERTEBRAE WITH ASSOCIATED PRE, BILATERAL ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Prasad Akole MD

My MRI recently showed surrounding soft tissue edema, there is some suspicion for discitis between L4-L5. Dr said 2nd MRI showed in layman s term an abscess and had to be removed, along with other ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prasad Akole ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Aida Quka MD

adjacent interverterbral disc, possibility of low grade infection- infective spondylo- discitis appears ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aida Quka ( Neurologist)